Staff Reports
Watching Mark Carney stand in Beijing and use the phrase “new world order” while announcing a fresh embrace of China felt like witnessing a turning point that should unsettle every freedom-loving North American. The language was not some clipped diplomatic nicety — it was a blunt admission that Ottawa is recalibrating who it will answer to on the global stage. This isn’t rhetoric; it’s a roadmap, and patriotic citizens should be alarmed.
Even more shocking than the words were the deals: Ottawa has effectively rolled back the 2024 surtax on Chinese electric vehicles and agreed to admit roughly 49,000 Chinese-made EVs a year at a 6.1 percent tariff, down from a 100 percent surtax that was supposed to protect Canadian jobs. That number is not hypothetical — it’s a fait accompli that opens the door to cheap, state-subsidized Chinese goods flooding Canada’s market while Canadian manufacturers are left to pick up the pieces. Ask yourself: who benefits when a friendly neighbor invites the economic power of an authoritarian state onto our doorstep?
The reaction from provincial leaders and local officials was telling; you can see the disbelief in their faces as Ottawa walked the country right into this arrangement without a credible plan to protect workers or national security. Conservative premiers and opposition figures in Canada are rightly furious and demanding answers, and their outrage should be a warning flare to Americans who value sovereignty and free markets. This isn’t mere partisan squabbling — it’s a vital debate about the future of North American industry.
Let’s not forget that Ottawa only imposed the 100 percent surtax on Chinese EVs in 2024 after serious concerns about unfair competition and state subsidies — a measure designed to defend Canadian industry and North American supply chains. Repealing that protection in exchange for vague promises about increased farm exports is political theater dressed up as diplomacy, and it exposes Canada’s northern flank to economic leverage by Beijing. Meanwhile, Washington and other allies are watching this pivot with a mix of frustration and alarm, because the U.S.-Canada trade relationship is a strategic asset, not a bargaining chip.
Americans should care because borders and alliances matter; when a neighbor pivots toward an adversarial superpower, it weakens the deterrence that keeps our continent safe and prosperous. Washington needs to wake up, demand transparency, and defend North American supply chains rather than allow Ottawa’s unilateral flirtation with Beijing to become a new normal. The days of letting technocrats and globalist elites reshuffle geopolitics while working families pay the price are over.
This moment calls for accountability: lawmakers in Ottawa and Washington must answer for who gains and who loses from this deal, and patriotic voters must ensure their leaders prioritize security, sovereignty, and jobs over empty slogans about a “new world order.” The choice is simple — stand with free nations and hardworking people, or hand more power to global actors who don’t share our values.
